Oxidative stress of plankton community and some isolated species during paracetamol toxicity test

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-23

  Touliabah, Hussein E ^a   El Bassat, Randa A ^b   El Shimy, A ^a   Harisa, Gamal I ^c  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^c Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Enzymes activity; Lipid peroxidation; Paracetamol; Plankton

Indexed keywords

ARYLESTERASE; DIHYDROCODEINE; PARACETAMOL; THIOL;

ALGA; ALGAL COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA ELLIPSOIDEA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; PROTOZOON; TOXICITY TESTING; VORTICELLA CONVALLARIA; ZOOPLANKTON;

'CHLORELLA' ELLIPSOIDEA; ALGAE; OSCILLATORIA SP.; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; VORTICELLA CONVALLARIA;

EID: 42449117993     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2008.13.23     Document Type: Article

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